Dispensing can



Oct. 31, 1933. F, A, PRAHL 1,933,443

DISPENSING CAN Filed March 17. 1933 g IIIL" gms/nm XML/4 @MQ 33 mrd-JMW Patented Get. 31, 1933 Nrrizo srATEs VDIsrENsINd CAN Frederick A. Prahl, New York, Continental Can` Company,

N. Y., assignor to Inc., New York,

N. Y., a corporation of New York ApplicationuMarch 17, 1933. Serial No. 661,371 l5 claims. (el. azi-9s) The invention relates to new and useful improvements in a dispensingcan which is par-4 ticularly adapted for dispensing a measured amount of powdered material.

An object of the invention is to provide a dis-A pensing can of the above type having a measuring compartment therein with anopening leading to the interior of the can whereby the contents thereof may be directed into the measuring compartment, and also an opening leading to the exteriory of the can whereby it may be discharged therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a can of the above type witha closure-for alter nately closing and uncovering said openings, so that when the exterior opening is uncovered, the interior opening is closed.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a closure for the interior'opening which removes the surplus material from the measurv ing compartment Yso as to leave a` measured amount therein. i

These and other objects willY in part be obvious and will in part be hereinafter more fully disclosed.

In the drawing which shows by way of illustration one embodiment of the invention- Figureu l is a plan View of va can embodying the improvements, with the closure for the dispensing opening in position for covering the opening; 1

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the closure moved so vas to uncover the opening;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a sectional Fig. 2., 7 -v The inventionv is directed to a can for dispensing powdered material in measured amounts. It includes a body portionhaving an end doubleseamed thereto and a top removably secured to the body portion for closing the same. Located view on the line 4--4 of in a wall of the can and preferably at thetop is an opening through which the contents of the Immediately beneath the opening is a measuring compartment formed of metal shaped so as to provide a rear wall, a bottom wall, a front side half wall, and end walls, which leaves an opening above the front wall leading from the compartment to the interior of the can. This is to provide a means whereby the Vmaterial may be caused to pass into the compartment by manipulating the can and substantially filling the compartment. There is a closure for closing this opening above the front lnately to close the interior .exterior opening inl the Wall and for closing the opening in the can top.- This closure Vis so formed that it Voperates'alteropening when the top is fully uncovered, 0 and likewise, it operates to close the exterior opening in the top when` the interior; opening above the front wall is uncovered. This closure for the interior openingperforms another func. tion. It removes the surplus material from the measuring Acompartment so as to leave a measured amount of material therein. In other words, by manipulating the can, a greater quantity of material is placed in -the compartment than isdesired to be dispensed, and then when this interior opening is closed ,the surplus material is removed, whatever it may be, leaving just the right amount to be dispensed.

Referringmore in detail to thedrawing, the improved dispensing can consists of a body portion 1 having a bottom end secured thereto b y a double seam 2. The top end3, as shown in the drawing, has a depending flangei tting over the outer wall of the vcan and making -frictional engagementtherewith. The manner of securing the top to the can may be varied, and 0 Vthe present form is purely for illustrating the usual type of can to which vthe invention has been applied. One-Wall of the can, and prefer-1 ably the top wall 3, as shown in the; drawing, is provided with an opening 5. Locatedbeneath this opening 5 is ameasuring compartment consisting of a rear wall 6, a bottom portion 'Il and a half front wall 8. By a half front wall is meant a wall which terminates so as to leave an opening therebetween, which opening is indicated at 9 in Fig. 3 of the drawing. AThis measuring compartment is alsov provided with side walls l0, 10.

The side Walls andthe rear wall are each provided with 'a flange 11. These anges make contact with the top 3 on the under face thereof, and are secured inany suitable way, r preferably by solder bonding the same'to the vinner face of the can top. The measuring compartment is practically of the same horizontal cross sectional area as the opening 5 in the can top. Thismeas- 100 uring compartment is preferably made of sheet metal. The side walls are formed integral with the rear wall and project 4beyond the front wall at the upper end of the compartment. The bottom portion 7 and front wall 8 are formed from a strip that is bent to the proper shape and placed between the side walls, preferably secured thereto along its edges by solder bonding. The opening 9 is of approximately the same dimenslons.

A closure 12 is provided for the opening 5. This closure 12 makes sliding contact with the outer face of the can top and is preferably secured for sliding engagement therewith by lugs 13, 13 and 14, 14 struck up from the can top and placed so as to overlie the closure. A portion of the rear edge of the closure is rolled into a bead 15 which serves as a nn'gerhold for moving the slide. The front end of the slide isbent downwardly and inwardly and thence again downwardly, so as to provide a cover 16 for the opening 9. The purpose of bending the slide inwardly is to provide a projecting portion 17 which may be onset suiiiciently to slide over the topof the cover and thus more completely cover the opening 5; It is noted that the closure is of greater width than the length of the opening, so that when the closure is in the position shown in Fig. 1, or in the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 3, the opening will be completely closed. The depending cover lfor the opening 9 is of slightly greater depth than the opening 9, so that when the closure is n'jio'ved to uncover the opening 5, this cover portion 16v/'ill contact with the inner face of the wail 8. 4- Y v When itis desiredV to' ll the measuring coinpartmenu' the closure is moved tothe position shown in broken lines in Fig. 3. This closes the opening 5 and opens theY opening 9.l By turning th can sotterranee-up or on its side, the t0ntents of the can may be caused to pass through the Opening '9 into the measuring 'Compartirit. Tnefjcdntents will nu Vthe compartment above th edge of the wall'S, when it is righted, and the closure is moved to the full open position. At-this tirneLthe'dependihg cover 16 Will force all Of the Surplus I'nateal iii the coinpartlnent backY throughthe opening lSku/ith which itcan malte contact; and this will leave the measuring compartment nudwith material substantially tothe level indicated by thebroken litres At ythe sami. time that this-opening Slis closed, the opening 5 is uncovered. The can can new be inverted andthe'V contentsv of the measuring chainber dispeiise'd'through the opening 5, without any of Ithe contents of the can passing yout through Vthe opening, except that which is in the measuring compartment. The closing fofr the opening 9 prevents any escape of the material, except that which has been placed inthe measuring compartment, and therefore,

a measured amount ofthe contents 'of the can is dispensed. I y

, It is obvious that changes in the details of construction and the arrangement of the parts may b e inadewith'out departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the vappended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what IV claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is; i

1. A dispensing 'can comprising a can top having 'an exterior 'opening therethrough', a measuring compartment secured to said can top at the inner face thereof and directly beneath said opening, said compartment having an interior opening one of its side walls, a closure attac'lied to the-can t'op for covering the opening therein, said closure having a depending member serving 'as a cover for the interior opening, said depending cover member being disposed on said closure so as to cover the interior opening when the exterior opening is uncovered.

2. A dispensing can comprisinga can top having an exterior opening therethrough, a measuring compartment secured to said can top at the inner face. thereof and directly -beneath said opening, said compartment having an interior opening in one of its side walls, a closure attached to the can top for covering the opening therein, a cover for said interior opening, said cover being movable across the measuring compartment so as to remove surplus material therefrom, leaving'a measured amount therein when said cover is moved to' closed position.

3. A dispensing can comprising a can top having an exterior opening therethrough, a measuring compartment secured to said can top at the inner face thereof and directly beneath said opening, said compartment having an interior opening in one of its side walls, a closure attached to the can top for covering the opening therein, said closure havinga depending member serving as a cover for the interior opening, said cover being movable across the measuring compartment for removing the surplus material therefrom, leaving a measured amount therein when said cover is moved to closed position.

4. A dispensing can comprising a can top having an exterior opening therethrough, a measuring compartment secured to said can top' at the inner face thereofand directly beneath said opening, said compartment having an interior opening in one of its sidewalls, a closure attached to the can top for covering the opening therein, said closure having a depending member carried thereby and spaced from the end of the closure softhat said depending member may entend into the opening and the closure be moved so as to overlie the can top all the way around the opening therein, `said depending member serving as a cover for the interior opening when said closure is moved so as to uncover said eX- terior opening. i

5. A dispensing can comprising a can top having an exterior opening therethrough, a measuring compartment secured to said can top at the icc inner face thereof and'directly beneath said opening, said compartment having an interior opening in one of its side walls, a closure attached to the can top for covering the opening therein, said closure having a depending member carried thereby and spaced from the end of thev closure so that said depending member may eiitend into the opening and the 'closure be moved so as to overlie the lcan top all the way around the opening therein, said depending member serving as a cover forthe interior opening when said closure is moved so as to uncover said eX- terior opening, Said depending cover member being movable across said compartment when moved to closed position for removing the surplus materialv in the measuring compartment, leaving a measured amount therein when said cover is moved to 'closed position.

FREDERICK A. PRAHL.

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